Raleigh, Sept. 1 (AP)—J. B. Vickers, convict serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter, today lies in the state prison hospital seriously wounded as a result of his latest attempt to escape. The shooting of the prisoner was termed by prison officials as “very unfortunate” and “purely accidental.”
Vickers was shot through the abdomen late yesterday by Rev. George Wood of Kinston, a deputy sheriff under Sheriff Worthington of Lenoir County. Wood was returned the prisoner to the state prison when the break for liberty was made, resulting in the shooting. Vickers was said this morning to resting easily and his condition was reported as favorable as expected under the circumstances. Three doctors performed the operation on the man last night, removing eight inches of his intestines, which had been punctured by the bullet.
Wood was placed under a $5,000 bond early today by Coroner L. M. Waring, pending the outcome of the wounds inflicted on Vickers. Vickers escaped on a main thoroughfare of Charlotte last week while there for an examination by the Veterans Bureau. He was recaptured in Spartanburg and because of a temporary shortage of deputies at state’s prison, Rev. Mr. Wood was sent to South Carolina to return the man here. He had reached the prison gates late yesterday when Vickers, who had not been handcuffed, according to Wood, made a dash for liberty.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Sept. 1, 1926
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